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Professor Lu’ayy Minwer Al-Rimawi

Professor of Islamic financial and business law

Professor Lu’ayy Minwer Al-Rimawi is an international and UK legal authority in Islamic financial law. He is Visiting Professor of Islamic financial and business law at BPP University, former Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School, has served in the UK’s Home Office in an executive capacity, advised the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service in multibillion investigations, advised foreign investors on multibillion disputes in the Middle East and advised top UK law firms. Email: Lu’ayyAlRimawi@BPP.com

Articles by author

The critical importance of “Shariah compliance” in the Islamic financial services industry: the UK’s need for jurisprudential clarity

In this In Practice article, leading UK and international legal authority on Islamic financial law, Professor Lu’ayy Al-Rimawi explains how the muddled question of “Shariah compliance” in the UK will inevitably transplant itself into litigation risk in terms of misselling and/or misrepresentation claims and the UK’s need for jurisprudential clarity.

30 APR 2024

The Bank of England’s loose understanding of Islamic financial law

In this In Practice article leading UK and international legal authority on Islamic financial law, Dr Lu’ayy Minwer Al-Rimawi, explains how the Bank of England’s webpages need to demonstrate a better understanding of Islamic finance law.

1 JUL 2022

UK Islamic mortgages and Shariah-compliance: the imperative of eschewing legal wizardry

In this In Practice article, leading UK and international legal authority on Islamic financial law, Professor Lu’ayy Al-Rimawi explains why Islamic banks in the UK need to eschew legal wizardry and do considerably more to ensure their mortgages are cost-effective.

1 FEB 2023